CHR: Don’t let fear over new coronavirus fuel race discrimination
MANILA, Philippines — Fear caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) should not result in the discrimination of other people and races, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) appealed to the...
View ArticleTransgender student withdraws after getting accepted to women-only university...
SEOUL — A transgender student, the first to gain admission to a women-only university in South Korea, has decided not to attend due to massive opposition from other students, according to media reports...
View Article‘Tiger widows’ shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh
Already grieving the loss of their partner, overnight they become "tiger widows," pariahs in their homes and villages at a time when they most need support. The post ‘Tiger widows’ shunned as bad luck...
View ArticleUN chief calls for end to ‘stupid’ gender inequality
NEW YORK CITY — UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for an end to gender inequality, which “should shame us all in the 21st century because it is not only unacceptable, it is stupid.”...
View ArticleIATF to LGUs: Issue ordinances vs attacks on frontliners, COVID-19 patients
MANILA, Philippines— The Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) is urging local government units (LGUs) to issue executive orders or ordinances prohibiting and penalizing...
View ArticleCOVID-19 discrimination: Cebu City gov’t to probe condo’s barring of 2 nurses
CEBU CITY–Mayor Edgar Labella has ordered an investigation of the management of a condominium building here for allegedly refusing entry to two nurses who were staying in one unit in the building....
View ArticleQuezon City bans discrimination against COVID-19 patients, frontliners
MANILA, Philippines — The local government of Quezon City has passed an ordinance prohibiting acts of discrimination against confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, as well as health and...
View ArticleHealthcare workers accused of ‘spreading virus’ for wearing scrubs while...
Two healthcare workers were accused of "spreading [the] virus" for having their medical scrubs on while inside a grocery store in the U.S. The post Healthcare workers accused of ‘spreading virus’ for...
View ArticleXi Jinping thanks PH for fighting COVID-19’s Chinese stigma – Duterte
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that Chinese President Xi Jinping had reached out to him, thanking the Philippine government for helping erase the stigma that China...
View ArticleSix provincial hospitals face probe for death of elderly
MANILA, Philippines – Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into reports that six hospitals refused to admit an elderly who was having...
View ArticleAngeles City outlaws discrimination vs COVID-19 patients, health workers
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga—A P5,000 fine or jail time of six months awaits anyone found to have discriminated against COVID-19 patients, those suspected of having the virus and health workers on the...
View ArticleDOH to public: Don’t harass, discriminate vs recovered COVID-19 patients
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday appealed to the public to stop harassing and discriminating against people who have recovered from COVID-19, a highly contagious...
View ArticleDiscrimination rears ugly head in Cebu, Nueva Ecija
CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines —The acting social welfare chief of Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu province and a nurse in Nueva Ecija province have something in common: the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and...
View ArticleCoronavirus: In China, Africans bear brunt of discrimination as focus turns...
BEIJING — When China’s health authorities started recording a growing number of imported cases of coronavirus last month, foreigners in the country suddenly found themselves the unwitting target of...
View ArticleS. Korean authorities warn against homophobia hindering virus containment...
SEOUL — Korean health authorities and politicians on Monday warned against the rise of discrimination against LGBT persons here in relation to the latest coronavirus breakout in Itaewon clubs, saying...
View ArticleThe psychology of COVID-19 discrimination
Alarming reports of attacks and discrimination against Filipino health workers and those on the frontlines came to light after Luzon and other areas were placed under enhanced community quarantine...
View ArticleHouse bill outlawing COVID-related discrimination passed on 2nd reading
MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to ban discrimination on persons, including health workers and repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who are either confirmed, suspected, or deemed probable...
View ArticleJK Rowling says she is a survivor of sexual assault
LONDON — “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling revealed on Wednesday she is a survivor of domestic abuse and sexual assault. The celebrated British writer said in a blog post that she was disclosing the...
View ArticleCoronavirus casts long shadow on Independence Day in Bohol, Negros Occidental
TAGBILARAN CITY—Remembering Independence Day in the provinces of Bohol and Negros Occidental went on in the shadow of an invisible conqueror that has sickened thousands and killed hundreds—SARS Cov2,...
View ArticleIn Zimbabwe, people with albinism struggle against prejudice
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Each time Yvonne Gumbo, who has albinism, and her friends get together for a picture, she insists on being in the center. “I tell them I make the picture beautiful because I am...
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